[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4153 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4153

  To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban 
  Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of 
        medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2019

  Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Gianforte, Mr. 
   Lujan, Mr. Young, Ms. Moore, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Tonko, and Mr. Estes) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to authorize urban 
  Indian organizations to enter into arrangements for the sharing of 
        medical services and facilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care Access for Urban Native 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
1645) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``urban Indian 
        organizations,'' before ``and tribal organizations''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``urban Indian organization,'' 
                before ``or tribal organization''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``an urban Indian organization,'' 
                before ``or a tribal organization''.
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